Author Topic: Typing with one hand (Read 4860 times)

Grandpa Shooter · « **on:** March 07, 2008, 11:32:21 AM »

Sitting here typing with one hand because I am holding our new Guinea pig with the other. My GF had one when she got here and we never got around to getting another. Recently we decided, Owwww little sh*t just bit me, to get another. We found one and as sure as we did, I got a callback from a town 130 miles away from a woman who had two to adopt out. So yes you guessed it right, we now have 4. One of them is cuddled up in my hand nibbling on me.

How did I get to be Grandpa to 4 pigs?

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2008, 11:41:44 AM »

'cause they're cute.

i want to get a guinea pig. i usually have pet rats but the last one died a while back and i feel i need something new.

280plus · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2008, 12:51:45 PM »

I broke up with a girl because when she laughed she sounded like a guniea pig grunting. Drove me nuts... grin

Grandpa Shooter · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2008, 06:49:33 PM »

Guess I am just an old softie. We had 3 dogs until we had to put hers down. Doggy dementia is hard to deal with. I started looking for another guinea pig for her to help ease the pain of losing her dog of 15 years. Found a really cute one I ended up with, and then took the other two to help out a single Mom. Mine is so demanding I end up with her next to me if I am on the computer or in the back reloading. Never thought I'd end up with little critters like a pig.

BridgeWalker · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2008, 07:13:21 PM »

My mother took one in when a friend got too sick to care for his. Never liked it much. Always seemed a little dirty to me. Maybe that was just the one we had. I dunno. I do hope my kid develops a desperate need for a pet bunny in a couple years, though. Cheesy

Yours is cute.

Antibubba · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2008, 07:41:54 PM »

Uh, just for future reference, "typing with one hand" usually refers to something entirely different.

Grandpa Shooter · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2008, 04:22:59 PM »

Ok, so I am old and naive. What other meaning could "Typing with one hand" have. I'll bite.

lupinus · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2008, 04:42:57 PM »

I hear if you cook them right, the name is no longer a mystery grin

I've had a few, fun lil buggers but I'll take ferrets anyday

Fly320s · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2008, 04:43:02 PM »

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What other meaning could "Typing with one hand" have.

Clue: Internet pornography.

Paddy · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2008, 04:53:57 PM »

Guineas pigs are cool. When I was a kid, many years ago, I had a guinea pig who lived in the garage. He whistled when he heard the refrigerator door close.

lupinus · « **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2008, 04:59:00 PM »

wait a second...you drove 130 miles each way....for a frickin guinea pig?

Grandpa Shooter · « **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2008, 05:54:50 PM »

Well no actually. I was 150 miles from home when I got the call that the guinea pigs were available. In order to pick them up on the way home I drove 130 extra miles before getting home with the pigs. I am sure you have heard the phrase, "If Momma ain't happy, ain't noone gonna be happy!

I live in Arizona where everything is way spread out with nothing in between. Except beautiful landscape.

lupinus · « **Reply #12 on:** March 08, 2008, 06:03:13 PM »

Momma coulda been happy with a ten minute drive to petsmart, its a frickin guinea pig grin

Grandpa Shooter · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2008, 08:28:49 AM »

Actually no. I tried all the pet stores and could not find one anywhere within 200 miles. PetSmart will not sell females so that they don't have the overpopulation thing going. PetCo only gets them in every once in awhile and they often have a waiting list. There is a guinea pig shortage going on so prime females are kept by the breeders as sows. We hunted for months before I went into a PetCo (150 miles from home) and they had just gotten two in. Bought the one pictured above. In my search for adoptable ones, I had called a PetSmart in Flagstaff, which is 130 miles away, and they took my number and gave it to the woman who had the other two available.

Yah gotta understand something. I live 150 miles from Phoenix and 130 miles from Flagstaff. The only other large city in Az is Tucson which is even farther away. We have to drive 40 miles just to buy groceries. There is one gun shop within 50 miles of me. We are way spread out up here in the mountains.

And yes, I would gladly drive 130 or 150 miles one way to keep my Lady happy.

lupinus · « **Reply #14 on:** March 09, 2008, 08:33:44 AM »

No problem if thats the only way, guess I'm just used to guinea pigs being a dime a dozen and can be found everywhere and anywhere. Not like say, a ferret which I have noticed can be difficult to find.

Sergeant Bob · « **Reply #15 on:** March 09, 2008, 08:50:20 AM »

Now all ya need is a python....... angel

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #16 on:** March 09, 2008, 09:29:34 AM »

Quote from: Sergeant Bob on March 09, 2008, 07:50:20 AM

Now all ya need is a python....... angel

No, I was wondering two things:
What caliber for red-eyed attack Gueina
Or...what do they taste like?

grislyatoms · « **Reply #17 on:** March 09, 2008, 09:37:01 AM »

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Not like say, a ferret which I have noticed can be difficult to find.

Particularly so when they decide to take one of their 14 hour naps in some obscure nook or cranny somewhere... laugh

Sergeant Bob · « **Reply #18 on:** March 09, 2008, 10:21:08 AM »

Fried Guinea Pig (Ayacucho-style)
CUY CHAQTADO

1 guinea pig, de-haired, gutted, and cleaned
1/2 c. flour
1/4 - 1/2 t. ground cumin
salt and black pepper to taste
1/2 c. oil
Pat dry the skin of the guinea pig and rub in the cumin, salt, and pepper. Preheat oil. Dust the carcass with the flour and place it on its back in the oil, turning to cook both sides. Alternately, the guinea pig can be cut and fried in quarters.
Serve with boiled potato or boiled manioc root, and a salad of cut tomatoes and slivered onions bathed in lime juice and a bit of salt. Have cold beer on hand.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #19 on:** March 09, 2008, 10:31:02 AM »

Now my mouth is waterin!

lupinus · « **Reply #20 on:** March 09, 2008, 02:20:02 PM »

I prefer them roasted, done right melt in your mouth like bbq, tastes like pig!

lol

Grandpa Shooter · « **Reply #21 on:** March 09, 2008, 07:18:09 PM »

Actually I did suggest getting a male pig but the Lady objected to having the piglets. I foolishly suggested the snake bit and got "That Look", yeah you know the one. Getting them all settled in now. Actually my Lady did look up recipes at one time as a result of a conversation we had. They are delicacies in many South American countries.

Ours are just for fun. They react quickly to us and the sound of the cupboard or the hay bag being openned. The young one is growing fast!

Hey, being on here talking about guinea pigs keeps me off the gun boards.

JonnyB · « **Reply #22 on:** March 10, 2008, 04:11:46 AM »

I think that, with a ferocious, rodent-killing Rat Terrier in our house, even 4 Guinea pigs wouldn't be expected to have long lives. I prefer the terrier. grin

jb

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #23 on:** March 10, 2008, 11:30:52 AM »

Need any recipes? grin

JUST KIDDING grin

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #24 on:** March 10, 2008, 12:40:14 PM »

We could never have one, because the wife is scared of anything even remotely rodent-like. We were eating at a sidewalk cafe, once, and I even had to defend her from the birds! cheesy

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Author Topic: Typing with one hand (Read 4860 times)

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